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Allow to dry.
Job finished.
Time to fit braces to the back and cut the soundhole.
Push the rosette in quickly, the glue will swell the wood.
I then burnish over the top of the rosette with a block of maple, this is to ensure the rosette is fiully seated home in its channel.
Using a razor blade, we scrape the rosette to the height of the surrounding spruce.
Gluing the rosette if made from wood is titebond, if its a plastic rosette, then I use durobond green glue.
Macro of the area of inset.